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- For other uses, see Gatling Pea (disambiguation).
Gatling Pea is a colossal legendary plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the 
Mega-Grow class. It costs 5
to play and has 5
/4
.
It has the 
Double Strike trait, and its Pea Evolution ability makes it do a bonus attack.
Origin
It is based on the plant in Plants vs. Zombies with the same name and appearance, with its appearance more closely resembling the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars version due to the helmet design.
Its Evolution ability alludes to how it is an upgrade plant in Plants vs. Zombies, with its Double Strike trait alluding to how it is an upgrade of the Repeater, who also has the Double Strike trait in its Plants vs. Zombies Heroes appearance.
Its description may be an allusion a stereotype of attrition wars, whereas the only way to win is to put in more resources than the opponent.
Statistics
- Class: Mega-Grow
- Tribe: Pea Plant
- Trait: Double Strike
- Ability: Pea Evolution: This does a Bonus Attack.
- Set - Rarity: Colossal - Legendary
Card description
There is no problem that cannot be solved by more peas.
Update history
Update 1.22.12
Update 1.24.6
- ▲ Strength change: 4 → 5
- ▼ Health change: 5 → 4
- Animation change: Legendary shine added.
Strategies
With
By itself, Gatling Pea should be treated like a more powerful version of Repeater that costs more but has higher stats. Its Double Strike trait allows it to perform a bonus attack if it survives combat this turn, which can make a huge difference when it does.
Gatling Pea also comes with a powerful Evolution ability, allowing it to immediately apply pressure with its Bonus Attack on play. However, to get that started, you need a Pea Plant already on board. While it is definitely usable outside of a Pea Deck, it does become less effective, and there aren't many options to kick it off in the first place:
- Pea Patch, which additionally boosts Gatling Pea, dramatically increasing the threat it poses, but is difficult to keep alive.
- Sting Bean (as Grass Knuckles), which allows Gatling Pea to strike from the less defended aquatic lane.
- Black-Eyed Pea, which proves difficult to remove without the right cards and is likely to survive until turn 5.
Being a pea plant, Gatling Pea does benefit from Torchwood or The Podfather. However, Torchwood is generally a subpar option, and while The Podfather can work, it is better used to pressure your opponent by creating multiple threats.
It is recommended to never play this plant at all if Bonus Track Buckethead is on the field, because he will prevent bonus attacks from happening. If that is the case, you must take him out first.
Against
Gatling Pea should be treated like a Repeater with higher stats; if left alone, it can do a lot of damage in its lane, potentially dishing out at least 10 damage there. It can be especially dangerous in tandem with boosting cards like Torchwood or The Podfather.
In order to try and mitigate or prevent its Evolution ability, you can try to ensure there isn't another pea for it to Evolve on or play a Gravestone zombie in front of any possible pea plant it may Evolve on. A cheap zombie with the 
Deadly trait is also recommended, but you should beware that none of them can take Gatling Pea's Evolution ability with the exception of Smelly Zombie (who hides in a gravestone) and thus should be played after the Evolution ability has activated.
Many tricks such as Locust Swarm, B-flat, Exploding Fruitcake, Cakesplosion, Rocket Science or Cut Down to Size can easily take out this plant before the Fight! phase begins, so playing them is a good idea. However, beware of anti-trick cards like Umbrella Leaf and Brainana.
As mentioned above, Bonus Track Buckethead is a good counter since it disables both its Double Strike trait and its Evolution ability. However, it is recommended to play him where Gatling Pea cannot be played since Gatling Pea will emerge victorious if both of them exchange attacks. Gargantuar Mime can help also as he will duplicate any bonus attacks.
Gallery
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In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
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Name |
Description
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 English
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Gatling Pea
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 Simplified Chinese
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机枪豌豆
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| Traditional Chinese
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機關豆
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lit. "Mechanism Pea"
portmanteau of "機關槍" (machine gun) and "豌豆" (pea)
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 Spanish
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Guisantralladora
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A portmanteau of "Guisante" (Pea) and "Ametralladora" (Machine-gun)
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Trivia
- Despite Gatling Pea in its original game firing 4 peas, Gatling Pea is shown firing a scatter shot of 5 abnormally small peas. This reference would be later passed on to Mega Gatling Pea's appearence in Plants vs. Zombies 2 where he can also fire 5 peas in a burst.
- Its helmet resembles that of Peashooter when it uses its Plant Food ability in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
- Prior to update 1.24.6, it and Cob Cannon didn't have the legendary shine effect.
- A Gatling Pea card flag can be seen in the launch trailer at the 0:35 mark as a Super-Rare Card.
- Gatling Pea originally was to appear as a 3 card that has 6/6, but would destroy another plant when played.
See also
Kabloom
Mega-Grow
Smarty
Solar